The binary adduct of 3,6,9,16,19,22‐hexaazatricyclo[22.2.2.211,14]triaconta‐11,13,24,26(1),27,29‐hexaene and benzene‐1,2,4,5‐tetracarboxylic acid

The crystals of the title salt, 6,21‐di­aza‐3,9,18,24‐tetraazoniatri­cyclo­22.2.2.2^11,14]­triaconta‐11,13,24,26(1),27,29‐hexaene benzene‐1,2,4,5‐tetra­carboxyl­ate(4?) hexahydrate, C₂₄H₄₂N₆⁴⁺·C₁₀H₂O₈^4?·6H₂O, are formed by the intermolecular interaction of a macrocyclic hex­amine with a mol­ecule of C₆H₂(COOH)₄ in aqueous solution. Both the cation and the anion are on inversion centres. Hydro­gen bonds are formed between the four ammonium cations in the hex­amine and the four carboxyl­ate anions in the aromatic acid. Stacks exist along the crystallographic a axis in the solid state. The water mol­ecules also take part in a hydrogen‐bonding network which joins these stacks together.